Cabriola

Jul 1 1966 N/A 1h 30m
Comedy, Drama, Musical

A girl whose name is never revealed (Marisol) and her brother Manolo (Pedro Mari Sanchez) survive as best they can in Madrid with only the help of their two horses, Agrippina and Cabriola. She disguises herself as a boy to work picking up trash. However,she lives permanently with two dreams in her head. The first to meet her idol, the bullfighter Angel Peralta. The second, for Cabriola to become a bullfighting star, for which, with the help of Manolo, she trains it thoroughly. One day, when Angel Peralta has a bullfight in Madrid, the girls manages to come to his house disguised as a boy, and begs him to try the horse. Angel is impressed with the horse, and introduces her to his agent, who will guide her in her first steps as a mounted bullfighter. Everyone believes her to be a young man, and no-one suspects she is really a woman. Gradually Cabriola and "the Boy" are gaining fame, albeit in Comic bullfighting.

Plot

Of course I think the film is excellent. It was my sister, Vala Cliffton's, first film. And it was definitely filmed in Spain, not Rumania or Hungary as suggested in another comment.Vala was cast in Madrid and spent the entire filming out on the 'bull ranch' owned by Angel Peralta, who fell quite madly and passionately in love with her at the time.I only saw the film once and that was in a screening in New York City when I was 10 or 11 years old. I didn't understand or follow the story line, but did note my sister looked particularly beautiful in the film as she did in life.Vala Cliffton died in March of this year.

Written by

Mel Ferrer, José María Palacio

Directed by

Mel Ferrer

Cast

Marisol, Ángel Peralta, Rafael de Córdoba

Crew

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Production Countries

Spain

Languages

Español

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
89
Average Rating
5 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
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